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LOT 2416
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (307 grams total, 11 cm).
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix. 1.47 kg, 13.5 cm high
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - British Woolly Mammoth or Rhinoceros Hip Bone
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Fragment of the pelvis with socket; drilled and provided with a rod for mounting. 1.78 kg, 27 cm
From the North Sea bed. Ex Gemini Trading, UK. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Triangular tooth of Carcharocles megalodon displaying some good polished enamel. 29.5 grams, 60 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
